Stackelberg in the lab: The effect of group decision making and " Cooling-off" periods

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1070-1083

  Cardella, Eric ^a   Chiu, Ray ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling off periods; Group decision making; Stackelberg

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864959019     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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